10-Years-Old: Builds First Computer, 20-Years-Old: Owns Web Company
Region: United States
Cameron Collings is businessman and tech-geek in equal parts. He started his first entrepreneurial venture at 6, selling candy, and built his first computer at 10. Today at 20, he runs a successful web-hosting company. Is ... more
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Israel Bans Journalists From Gaza
Region: Israel
Despite a Supreme Court ruling to allow journalists into Gaza to cover Israel's war on Hamas, Israel has maintained the ban, leading many to say it's trying to manage the war's coverage. There are more than 300 journali... more
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Murder Suspect: I Just Wanted to Burn His Penis
Region: AustraliaA woman whose husband died after she set fire on him, argues that she had no intention of killing him. All she wanted to do, she said, is to punish him for cheating. With a new charge added on to her existing arson and li... more
Views: 474Guilty: 12-yr-old Shoots Mom to Death
Region: United States
A 12-year-old boy has been found guilty by an Arizona judge of shooting his mother with a handgun. His reason for doing so? He didn't want to do his chores. In all probability, Sara Madrid never expected that getting her ... more
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Happy New Year? Markets Close Above 9000 for First Time Since November
Region: United StatesFor the first time since Nov. 5, Wall Street is barely peeking above the 9000-point wall, at 9,034.69, after Friday's close. This after its biggest crash in 1931. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 2.9 percent and ... more
Views: 294World's Biggest Floating Bookshop Docks at Vivocity, Singapore
Region: SingaporeThe Doulos is the world's biggest floating bookshop which also holds the world record for being the oldest passenger ship. It docked at Vivocity, Singapore and opened its doors to the public from 2 - 7 December. The Doulo... more
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Singapore's Response to Obama's Win
Region: Singapore
Singaporeans in general have embraced the prospects of an Obama administration. Economists broadly agree that fears of Obama reversing free trade pacts made with Asian countries are unfounded. The worsening employment co... more
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Muslim Cleric Marries 12-year-old Child
Region: IndonesiaA Muslim cleric has caused public furore in Indonesia after marrying a 12-year-old prepubescent girl as a second wife. The cleric is now in Singapore. Pujianto Cahyo Widianto, who runs a public boarding school, has fled t... more
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Catholic Br: Abstinence Programs Not Answer to Teen Sex; Civilization Must Die
Region: Singapore
An expert in sexual education in Singapore, Br. Micheal Broughton speaks about the rising number of teens engaging in sexual activity and what why he feels abstinence is not the answer. Neither teaching abstinence nor res... more
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Murderer's 'Fat' Defense Fails, Execution Set for Tuesday
Region: Ohio
LUCASVILLE-- Richard Cooey, 41, a double-murder convict tried to use his weight as an issue to escape the gallows but failed. The 267-pound murderer argued that his obesity caused veins in his arms to be hard to find, ... more
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